Within its mandate to improve timely and complete national reporting under paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the Convention, the Committee was requested to finalize the revised version of the Committee’s guidance on improving national reporting in the light of the revised reporting format adopted in decision BC-12/6 as amended by decision BC-13/9 for consideration and possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth meeting.
By it decision BC-13/9, the Conference of the Parties invited Parties to submit comments on the guidance on improving national reporting to the Secretariat by 30 September 2017 for consideration by the Committee. A revised version of the guidance on improving national reporting was considered by the Committee during its thirteenth meeting.